The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-01-20

etc., should be thoroughly washed with the
thoroughly aired for several days, and
should not be occupied for some time.
The body Of one dead from smallpox
should be wrapped in . sheet saturated with
the disinfectant solution, made double
strength, and be buried at once.
No public funeral should be held Of
person dying from this disease, or at any
house where it has existed, unless the house
has been thoroughly disinfected.
A person recovering from this disease
should remain isolated until the physician
in charge or health ofiicer declares he is no
longer source Of contagion.
The clothes worn by the patient should be
burned, II not too valuable, and II not
burned must be thoroughly disinfected be-
fore being worn again.
TYPHOID FEVER
Typhoid fever. sometimes called ''enteric
fever" ''fall fever" etc., is a common
disease Of frequent occurrence in our State.
It Is especially disease Of young adult life,
although no age is exempt from it. 1t at
tacks all classes Of society, being found
both in the mansion and in the howell It is
probably the most preventable Of all infec-
tious diseases, excepting, perhaps, small
pox, since the introduction Of general vac
cination. In view Of this fact, and that it is
the cause Of 80 much sickness and death in
the State, it is hoped the following in
structions for its restriction and prevention
will be carefully considered and followed
by all.
Mode of Communication. Typhoid fever Is
believed to be due to a specific cause, dis
ease germ given of by one sick with the
disease, and which may be transmitted to
others in various ways. The poison Is usually
received by drinking water contaminated by
discharges from the bowels of typhoid
fever patient. This generally comes from
throwing these discharges into privy vaults
or faulty sewers which allow their contents
to filter through the ground into aneighbor-
ing we'll or spring. It has been demon
strated that impurities may thus be carried
through porous soils for distances Of one
hundred feet and more Several outbreaks
Of typhoid fever have occurred in cities from
the discharges having been thrown into the
river from which the city derived its water
supply. In some instances the disease is so
| mild that the patient never goes to bed, and
| may be even unaware of the nature of
his malady. His discharges, however,
| are fully as dangerous as in more
| serious cases, and unless properly
| cared for, may be the cause Of many other
cases Of the disease. Milk has frequently
conveyed the disease, either from being
diluted with water containing the typhoid
fever poi son, or by being kept in a room in
| which there is one sick with this disease;
in the latter case the disease germs are
absorbed by the milk. 1t may be conveyed
by the clothing, especially by such as have
received the discharges of the patient.
Laundresses, in washing such clothing,
| have thus contracted the disease. In some
instances the poison seems to gain access to
the system by breathing it in; and the
| gasses from faulty or untrapped sewer,
| which has received the discharges of q
| typhoid fever patient, may convey the
disease. 1t is possible the poison may be
found in other discharges, but it is in the
stools Of a typhoid fever patient that the
special cause of this disease is usually found
1t is not believed that filth of itself will
cause the disease, but it serves as nid,a
(nest) in which the specific germ of the dis
ease lodges, lives and multiplies. Typhoit
fever is communicable, but is not considered
contagious.
The foregoing outline Of the nature Of tht
disease. and the manner of its communica
ton, will suggest the measures to be taken
for its prevention.
1t is Of the first importance that the stools
of every person suffering with typhoid
fever be thoroughly dis infected and placed
where they can not possibly gain access II
the source Of any drinking water. In citiel
having sewers, they may, after disinfection
be thrown into the water-closet, but they
should not be thrown into unsewered priv,
vaults, but be buried in trenches dug in tn,
ground remote from any water supply. AL
discharges from the bowels should be re
ceived in vessel containing a quart o
more of the following solution and allowe,
to remain therein for at least thirty min
utes:
Solution No. f.-Dissolve chloride Of lime
of the best quality, in soft water, in tn
proportion of four ounces to the gallon.
the patient is unable to use a vessel re
ceive the discharges on soft rags O
paper and burn them at once, All clothing
or bedding soiled by the patients dis
charges must be removed at once ant
placed in boiling water to be boiled for hal
an hour; or they may be immersed in tn,
following solution, allowing them to remuil
for two hours, when they may be wrun.
out and sent to the laundry to be thorough.
boiled:
Solution No. 2-Dissolve four ounces O
sulphate of zinc (white vitriol and tw
ounces of common salt, in one gallon O
water. Ut would be better to boil the soilet
clothes, towels, ETC., in this solution.)
Nurses and attendants should observ
perfect cleanliness, and their hands shoul,
be frequently bathed in the solution No.
Their meals should be prepared and eatel
In room separate from the patients.
Typhoid fever is not supposed to be con
tagious, |. e., not transmitted directly frou
one person to another, hence the strict iso
lation Of one sick with the disease is no
necessary, but needless visits Of friend
should be discouraged.
The body Of one dead from this diseas
should be wrapped in sheet saturated witt
solution No. or No. 2 made doubl
strength, and be buried as soon as possible
After death, or recovery from the disease
the room which the patient has occupied
with all its contents, should be exposed t
the fumes of burning sulphur. To fumi
gate o room proceed as follows:
Arrange the contents of the room SO a
to expose the greatest possible amount o
surface to the action of the disinfectant
} Clothing, bed covers, and similar article
should be hung up in the room. Close tn
room as completely as possible, stopping al
openings through which the gas might es
cape. Leave open the doors of commun
eating closets. For room about ten fee
} square, take three pounds of sulphur
broken into small fragments; for large
rooms, use proportionately larger amount
J Place it in an iron pan, and t
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